Lexicographical Neighbors of Gammock
Literary usage of Gammock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"The word ''gammock" does not appear in "Bailey." SHROPSHIRE DIALECT (July 24.
.... gammock ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW (3) v. To play off practical jokes ; to take in any one.—NW gammock. v.
To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire by George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard (1893)
"NW gammock. r. To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ... See gammock.—
SW (Warminster, &c. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"gammock, v. to play pranks. GAMMY, adj. (i) imperfect, diseased. " He's very
bad ; he's getten a gammy leg." (2) idle, good for nothing. MACCLESFIELD. ..."
5. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1858)
"The present Higgins estate is a part of the gammock Patent, and is held by a
title descended from Ambrose Boaden the first occupant in 1640. ..."
6. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"The word ''gammock" does not appear in "Bailey." SHROPSHIRE DIALECT (July 24.
.... gammock ..."
7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW (3) v. To play off practical jokes ; to take in any one.—NW gammock. v.
To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ..."
8. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire by George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard (1893)
"NW gammock. r. To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ... See gammock.—
SW (Warminster, &c. ..."
9. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"gammock, v. to play pranks. GAMMY, adj. (i) imperfect, diseased. " He's very
bad ; he's getten a gammy leg." (2) idle, good for nothing. MACCLESFIELD. ..."
10. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1858)
"The present Higgins estate is a part of the gammock Patent, and is held by a
title descended from Ambrose Boaden the first occupant in 1640. ..."
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